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Dr Mark Dallas

About Mark Dallas

Dr Mark Dallas is currently a Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience at the University of Reading. He has been involved in dementia research for the last 8 years and is interested in understanding the role of glia cells in Alzheimer’s disease. Most recently he has become interested in examining
microglia and their contribution to Alzheimer’s disease and this vital research
is also funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK, in a collaboration between two of
the charity’s Network Centres. This type of collaborative research is necessary
in our fight against dementia. In addition, he is also the Early Careers Representative for the Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Network, so is a keen advocate of young researchers starting out in career in dementia research.

The human brain is a complex structure made up of different types of cells. You have probably heard scientists talk about nerve cells or brain cells. These are the cells that are lost in Alzheimer’s disease. However, there are a similar number of other cell types within the brain, called glial cells. Glial, comes for […]